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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 2, part 2] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 2] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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1O thou now wicked and bloody Sea, why doest thou set up again many altars of Idolatry, which by the word of God were justly taken away? Why hast thou overthrown the Lords Table? Why doest thou daily delude thy people, ma•king in thy Masses in stead of the Lords holy Supper, which ought to be common aswell (saith Chrysostom, yea the Lord himself) to the people as to the priest? How darest thou deny to the people of Christ, contrary to his express commandment in the Gospel, his holy Cup? Why babblest thou to the people the common prayer in a strange tongue, wherein S. Paul commandeth in the Lords name, that no man should speak before the Congregation, except it should be by and by declared in their common tongue, that all might be edified? Nay, hearken thou Whorish Band of Babylon, thou wicked lya••e of Antichrist, thou bloody Woolf, why slayest thou down, and makest havoc of the Prophets of GOD? Why marthe rest thou so cruelly Christs poor silly sheep which will not hear thy voice because thou art a stranger, and will follow none other but their own Pastor Christ his voice? Thinkest thou to escape, or that the Lord will not require the blood of his saints at thy hands?2 Thy GOD which is the work of thy hands, and whom thou sayest thou hast power to make, that thy deaf and dumb God (I say) will not in deed, nor cannot (although thou art not ashamed to call him thy maker) make thee to escape the revenging hand of the high and almighty God. But be thou assured that the living Lord our Saviour and redem••, which sitteth on the right hand of his father in glory, he seeth all thy wicked ways and cruelty done to his dear members, and he will not forget his holy ones, and his hands (O thou Whorish Drab) shalt thou never escape.3 In stead of my farewell to thee now I say, lye upon thee, lye upon thee filthy Drab, and all thy false Prophets.
1O thou now wicked and bloudy Sea, why doest thou set vp agayne many aultars of Idolatry, which by ye word of God were iustly taken away? Why hast thou ouerthrowen the Lordes Table? Why doest thou dayly delude thy people, making in thy Masses in stead of the Lordes holy Supper, which ought to be commō aswell (sayth Chrysostom, yea the Lord himselfe) to the people as to the priest? How darest thou denye to the people of Christ, contrarye to his expresse commaundement in the Gospell, his holye Cuppe? Why bablest thou to the people the commō prayer in a straunge tongue, wherein S. Paule commaundeth in the Lordes name, that no man should speake before the Congregation, except it shoulde bee by and by declared in theyr common tongue, that all might bee edified? Naye, harken thou Whoorishe Bande of Babylon, thou wicked lyae of Antichrist, thou bloudy Woolfe, why slayest thou downe, and makest hauocke of the Prophetes of GOD? Why marthe rest thou so cruelly Christes poore seely sheep which will not heare thy voyce because thou art a straunger, and will folowe none other but theyr owne Pastoure Christ his voyce? Thinkest thou to escape, or that the Lord will not require the bloud of his sayntes at thy handes?